Current Control and Future Risk in Asthma Management
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Current Control and Future Risk in Asthma Management
Despite international and national guidelines, poor asthma control remains an issue. Asthma exacerbations are costly to both the individual, and the healthcare provider. Improvements in our understanding of the therapeutic benefit of asthma therapies suggest that, in general, while long-acting bronchodilator therapy improves asthma symptoms, the anti-inflammatory activity of inhaled corticoster...
متن کاملManagement of asthma in adults: current therapy and future directions.
Asthma is increasing in prevalence worldwide and results in significant use of healthcare resources. Although most patients with asthma can be adequately treated with inhaled corticosteroids, an important number of patients require additional therapy and an increasing number of options are available. A further minority of patients develop severe persistent asthma which remains difficult to mana...
متن کاملManagement of asthma in adults: current trends and future directions.
Bronchial asthma has witnessed a significant increase in its prevalence in the past decade. Considerable morbidity and significant mortality has been associated with it and this has been matched by increased scientific research into new methods of therapy to supplement or replace the traditionally known treatment modalities. A search for old and new literature on asthma management in adults nec...
متن کاملSevere asthma: advances in current management and future therapy.
Effective treatment of severe asthma is a major unmet need because patients' symptoms are not controlled on maximum treatment with inhaled therapy. Asthma symptoms can be poorly controlled because of poor adherence to controller therapy, and this might be addressed by using combination inhalers that contain a corticosteroid and long-acting β(2)-agonist as reliever therapy in addition to mainten...
متن کاملThe role of asthma guidelines in achieving current control and reducing future risk
A is a chronic inflammatory disease that is associated with fluctuating control, based on factors such as allergen exposure and viral infections. This fluctuation in symptoms gives rise to the challenge of motivating patients to take medications when they feel well and also to respond to a worsening of their asthma control by adjusting the antiinflammatory component of treatment at such time. I...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2092-7355
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.4.217